Adjustable barber s chair



(No Model.)

B. BERNINGHAUS.-

ADJUSTABLE BARBERS CHAIR.

No. 390,059 Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

W I'INESSESI UNrrED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE BARBERS CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,059, datedSeptember 25, I888.

Application filed April 23,1888. Serial No. 271,606. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement inAdjustable Barbers Chairs, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l isa perspective view of the adj ustable rest; Fig. 2, a side view of thechair equipped with the rest; Fig. 3, an enlarged perspective view ofone end of the rest and arm; and Fig. 4, a perspective detail view ofthe arm and its connecting-socket. Fig. 5 is a detail showing thefoot-platform fastened to the arms of the chair.

The objectof this invention is to provide an adjustable foot-rest forbarber-chairs, so arranged that it can be readily adapted to theconvenience of the occupant of the chair without making it necessary toextend the foot or arms which hold the rest at different angles; and itconsists in having a foot-platform provided with two upwardly-projectingarms, between which is hinged an oval-shaped footrest, the pivotsthereof being near one side, and the sockets thereof being provided withpeculiarlyformed stops,which enable the oval piece to be reversed, sothat its free end will project toward the chair or from the chair andthus adjust the position of this foot-rest without moving the arms whichsupport it,as will be now set forth in detail.

A represents the foot-platform, such as are usually employed on barberchairs. This platform may be secured permanently at an angle to the armsB, which are secured to the chair, as shown in Fig. 5, or it may bepivotally attached, as shown in Fig. 1. In this latter instance itsposition can be regulated by means of the ratchet-bar X, one end ofwhich is secured to the platform while the other engages upon the pieceI) attached to the arm. On the forward side of this platform A, I attachtwo arms, D D, which arms project upwardly a suitable distance and arecurved preferably S shaped,the upper ends having on the inner sidesprojecting lugs E, as shown in Fig. 4.

The foot-rest F is composed of an ovalshaped cushion having at each enda metal head, G. Near one end of this head G- is a metal disk, H,having, centrally, a socket, I, to receive the lug E of the arm D. Theup per side of this disk H is provided with a curvedeccentricallydisposed projection, J, so l0eated,with reference to theupper end of the arm D, that whenthe cushion is turned out from thechair the tapering end K of this projection will rest on the curve ofthe arm D on its upper side, and thus hold the cushion in a horizontalposition. When, however, the cushion is turned toward the chair, thestub end L of the projection J rests against the-under side of the arm Dand holds the cushion in a horizontal position. It will thus be observedthat whether the cushion is turned to or from the chair seat it willrest in a horizontal position, so that the distance from the chair-seatwill beincreased or decreased, and thus adapt the foot-rest for theconvenience of the various users of chairs.

What I claim as new is 1. In barber-chairs,the oval-shaped cushion orrest having at each end a socket and an eccentrically-disposed curvedproj ection,in combination with arms projecting upwardly from theplatform having lugs to engage with said sockets, substantially asherein set forth.

2. In barber-chairs, a platform provided with upwardly-projecting armshaving lugs, in combination with an oval-shaped cushion provided withsockets at one end, and eccentrically-disposed projections,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 29th day of October, 1887, in the presence of witnesses.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS.

Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, R. S. MILLAR.

